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The 20th Century Limited was an express passenger train on the New York Central Railroad (NYC) from 1902 to 1967. The train traveled between Grand Central Terminal in New York City and LaSalle Street Station in Chicago , Illinois , along the railroad's "Water Level Route".
The New York Central Railroad (reporting mark NYC) was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected greater New York and Boston in the east with Chicago and St. Louis in the Midwest, along with the intermediate cities of Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, Rochester and Syracuse.
Pages in category "Passenger trains of the New York Central Railroad" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This category contains companies, usually railroad companies, with which the New York Central Railroad or its predecessors had an affiliation (for instance, full or partial stock ownership, a lease, or a merger, but not simple trackage rights).
New York Central 3001 (Alco #69338 of 1940): The largest surviving example of the NYC's modern steam power technology; only surviving L-3a class Mohawk; one of two surviving NYC 4-8-2 engines; one of the fastest locomotives of its time; primarily designed for mountain grades, it hauled passengers at speeds up to 80 mph (130 km/h) along the NYC's "Water Level Route" in the state of New York.
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Before the coming of the 20th Century Limited, the Southwestern Limited was the New York Central's premier long-distance train. As a competitor to the Pennsylvania Railroad's trains that ran between New York and St. Louis, the New York Central's Southwestern Limited was disadvantaged by a less-direct route. The Pennsylvania competitors took ...